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bourgeon

bourgeon is the obsolete form of burgeon.

Meaning of burgeon

Verb

burgeon (third-person singular simple present burgeons, present participle burgeoning, simple past and past participle burgeoned)

  1. (intransitive) To grow or expand.
    • Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.
    Synonyms:
    blossom, expand, grow, sprout
  2. (intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting.
  3. (archaic, intransitive) Of plants, to bloom, bud.
    Synonyms:
    blossom, bud, green, sprout

See all 4 meanings of burgeon

Forms of bourgeon

Verb
third-person singular presentbourgeons
present participlebourgeoning
past participlebourgeoned
pastbourgeoned
Noun
pluralbourgeons

Questions about bourgeon

What is bourgeon the obsolete form of?
Bourgeon is the obsolete form of burgeon.

Words near bourgeon in the dictionary

  1. bourgeoisifying
  2. bourgeoising
  3. bourgeoisitic
  4. bourgeoisly
  5. bourgeoisness
  6. bourgeon
  7. bourgeonal
  8. bourgeoned
  9. bourgeoning
  10. bourgeonings
  11. bourgeons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bourgeon (page history and authors); burgeon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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